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2025-05-02_BST_V19

Version 19 is valid from 2nd May, 2025 Version 18 is valid until 1st October, 2025

1. List of Abbreviations		6
2. Terms and Definitions		8
3. Change Log		9
4. Scope		12
5. General requirements for the Basic Safety Training		12
5.1 Overview		13
5.2 Target Group		13
5.3 Aims and Objectives		13
5.4 Duration of the BST Standard Modules		13
5.5 Validity Period		14
5.6 Course Codes		15
5.7 Participant Prerequisites for the BST		15
6. Using this Standard to Develop Training		16
7. BST First Aid module		18
7.1 Aim and Objectives of the BST First Aid Module		18
7.2 Duration of the BST First Aid Module		18
7.3 First Aid Module Participant Ratio		18
7.4 Equipment for the First Aid Module		19
7.5 First Aid Module Timetable		19
7.6 Detailed Description of the First Aid Module		20
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training		20
ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures		20
ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities		21
ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction		22
ELEMENT 1.4 - Scope and main learning objectives		22
ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing assessments (participant performance assessment form)		23
ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation		23
ELEMENT 1.7 - Human factors		24
Lesson 2 - Lifesaving First Aid using primary survey and the First Aid structure		25
ELEMENT 2.1 - Management of a First Aid incident in a WTG environment		26
ELEMENT 2.2 - Primary survey “C” A - B – C		27
ELEMENT 2.3 - “C”- Catastrophic External Bleeding		28
ELEMENT 2.4 - Unresponsive		30
ELEMENT 2.5 - Obstruction of airways		31
ELEMENT 2.6 - CPR: Unresponsive, not breathing		32
ELEMENT 2.7 - Bleeding and shock		33
Lesson 3 - Providing First Aid to relevant incidents in the wind industry		34
ELEMENT 3.1 - Burns		35
ELEMENT 3.2 - Chemical contacts to the eye		35
ELEMENT 3.3 - Medical emergency situations: Heart attack & stroke		36
ELEMENT 3.4 - Hypothermia		36
ELEMENT 3.5 - Fractures		37
ELEMENT 3.6 - Head to toe examination		38
Lesson 4 - Scenario-based training		38
Lesson 5 - Training review		41
ELEMENT 5.1 - Training review		41
ELEMENT 5.2 - Feedback session		41
8. BST Manual Handling Module		43
8.1 Aims and Objectives for the BST Manual Handling Module		43
8.2 Duration of the BST Manual Handling Module		43
8.3 Manual Handling Module Participant Ratio		43
8.4 Equipment for the Manual Handling Module		44
8.5 Manual Handling Module Timetable		44
8.6 Detailed Description of the BST Manual Handling Module		45
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training		45
ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures		46
ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities		46
ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction		47
ELEMENT 1.4 - Scope and main learning objectives		47
ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing assessments (Participant performance assessment form)		48
ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation		48
ELEMENT 1.7 - Human factors		49
ELEMENT 1.8 - Behavioural safety		50
Lesson 2 - Injuries, Symptoms and Essential Manual Handling Principles		51
ELEMENT 2.1 - How to avoid common musculoskeletal injuries in the wind industry		52
ELEMENT 2.2 - Typical symptoms of injuries		53
ELEMENT 2.3 - Essential manual handling principles		54
ELEMENT 2.4 - Basic dynamic risk assessment and introduction to TILE principle		56
Lesson 3 - Warm up activities		57
ELEMENT 3.1 - Warm up activities		57
Lesson 4 - Manual handling principles		58
ELEMENT 4.1 - Working over shoulder height		59
ELEMENT 4.2 - Working while kneeling		60
ELEMENT 4.3 - Push and pull		61
ELEMENT 4.4 - Carrying		62
ELEMENT 4.5 - Lifting		62
ELEMENT 4.6 - Work with handheld tools		63
ELEMENT 4.7 - Awkward postures		65
Lesson 5 - Training review		66
ELEMENT 5.1 - Training review		66
ELEMENT 5.2 - Feedback session		66
9. BST Fire Awareness Module		68
9.1 Aims and Objectives of the BST Fire Awareness Module		68
9.2 Duration of the BST Fire Awareness Module		68
9.3 Fire Awareness Module Participant Ratio		69
9.4 Equipment for Fire Awareness Module		69
9.5 BST Fire Awareness Module Timetable		69
9.6 Detailed Description of the BST Fire Awareness Module		70
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training		70
ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures		71
ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities		71
ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction		72
ELEMENT 1.4 - Scope and main learning objective		72
ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing assessments (Participant performance assessment form)		73
ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation		73
ELEMENT 1.7 - Human factors		74
Lesson 2 - Legislation		75
ELEMENT 2.1 - Global legislation		76
ELEMENT 2.2 - National legislation		76
Lesson 3 - Fire combustion and fire spread		77
ELEMENT 3.1 - Types of fires		77
ELEMENT 3.2 - Fire triangle		78
ELEMENT 3.3 - Fire spread		78
ELEMENT 3.4 - Fire Gases		79
Lesson 4 - Fire extinguishing		80
ELEMENT 4.1 - Contingency plan		80
ELEMENT 4.2 - Assessing the fire		81
ELEMENT 4.3 - Fire Classes		82
Lesson 5 - Fire prevention		83
ELEMENT 5.1 - Fire hazards		83
ELEMENT 5.2 - Fire prevention measures		84
Lesson 6 - Firefighting equipment in a WTG		85
ELEMENT 6.1 - Pre-use inspection		85
ELEMENT 6.2 - Correct use of firefighting equipment		86
Lesson 7 - Practice and scenario-based training		87
ELEMENT 7.1 - Practice		87
ELEMENT 7.2 - Scenario-based training		88
Lesson 8 - Training review		89
ELEMENT 8.1 - Training review		89
ELEMENT 8.2 - Feedback session		90
10. BST Working at Heights Module		92
10.1 Aims and Objectives of the BST Working at Heights Module		92
10.2 Duration of the BST Working at Heights Module		92
10.3 Working at Heights Module Participant Ratio		92
10.4 Equipment for Working at Heights Module		93
10.5 BST Working at Heights Module Timetable		94
10.6 Detailed Description of BST Working at Heights Module		97
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training		97
ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures		97
ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities		98
ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction		98
ELEMENT 1.4 - Scope and main learning objective		99
ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing assessments (Participant performance assessment form)		99
ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation		100
ELEMENT 1.7 - Human factors		100
Lesson 2 - Legislation		102
ELEMENT 2.1 - Global legislation		102
ELEMENT 2.2 - National legislation		103
Lesson 3 - Harness		103
ELEMENT 3.1 - Pre-use inspection		104
ELEMENT 3.2 - Fitting		105
ELEMENT 3.3 - Periodic inspections		106
ELEMENT 3.4 - Documentation		106
ELEMENT 3.5 - Maintenance		107
Lesson 4 - Fall prevention		107
ELEMENT 4.1 - Fall prevention over fall arrest		107
ELEMENT 4.2 - Pre-use inspection		108
ELEMENT 4.3 - Correct attachment to anchor points		109
ELEMENT 4.4 - Correct attachment to the harness		110
ELEMENT 4.5 - The importance of using work positioning		111
Lesson 5 - Vertical fall arrest systems		111
ELEMENT 5.1 - Legal requirements		111
ELEMENT 5.2 - Pre-use inspection		112
ELEMENT 5.3 - Correct attachment and detachment		114
ELEMENT 5.4 - Correct use		114
ELEMENT 5.5 - Periodic inspections		115
ELEMENT 5.6 - Correct documentation		115
Lesson 6 - Fall arrest lanyards		116
ELEMENT 6.1 - Legal requirements		116
ELEMENT 6.2 - Pre-use inspection		116
ELEMENT 6.3 - Correct attachment to harness		118
ELEMENT 6.4 - Fall factor		118
ELEMENT 6.5 - Fall indicators		119
ELEMENT 6.6 - Twin and single fall arrest lanyards		120
ELEMENT 6.7 - Approved anchor points for attachment		120
ELEMENT 6.8 - The importance of always using fall arrest systems		121
Lesson 7 - Dropped objects		121
ELEMENT 7.1 - Risks		122
ELEMENT 7.2 - Risk reduction		123
Lesson 8 - Self-retracting lifelines		125
ELEMENT 8.1 - Fall Protection Systems During Actual Work in a Wind Turbine		126
ELEMENT 8.2 - Different allowed maximum angles		126
ELEMENT 8.3 - How to attach correctly to the harness		127
ELEMENT 8.4 - Approved anchor points for SRL Fall Protection Systems		128
ELEMENT 8.5 - Pre-use inspection		128
Lesson 9 - Measures to prevent injury during training		129
ELEMENT 9.1 - Control measures and warm-up		130
Lesson 10 - Practical exercises		130
ELEMENT 10.1 - Vertical fall arrest systems		131
ELEMENT 10.2 - Fall prevention		131
ELEMENT 10.3 - Fall arrest lanyards		132
Lesson 11 - Workshop – risk/hazards & suspension trauma		133
ELEMENT 11.1 - Using the BST Working at Heights Module		133
ELEMENT 11.2 - Suspension Trauma		133
Lesson 12 - Emergency procedures		134
ELEMENT 12.1 - Contents of an evacuation kit		135
ELEMENT 12.2 - Preparing equipment for use		135
ELEMENT 12.3 - Safe and correct evacuation		136
ELEMENT 12.4 - Safe behaviour		137
Lesson 13 - PPE review		138
ELEMENT 13.1 - The individual parts of the PPE equipment		139
Lesson 14 - Rescue devices and rigging setup		139
ELEMENT 14.1 - The individual parts of different rescue devices		139
ELEMENT 14.2 - Correct use of rescue devices & Slings		140
Lesson 15 - Measures to prevent injury during training		143
ELEMENT 15.1 - Control measures and warm-up		143
Lesson 16 - Rescue exercises		144
ELEMENT 16.1 - Rescue situations in wind turbines		144
ELEMENT 16.2 - Safe and correct rescue		145
ELEMENT 16.3 - Correct behaviour on the ladder with PPE		145
Lesson 17 - Training review		147
ELEMENT 17.1 - Training review		148
ELEMENT 17.2 - Feedback session		148
10.7 Participant Performance Assessment		149
11. BST Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module		151
11.1 Aims and Objectives of the BST Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module		151
11.2 Duration of the BST Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module		151
11.3 Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module Participant Ratio		152
11.4 Equipment for Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module		152
11.5 BST Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module Timetable		153
11.6 Detailed Description of BST Working at Heights & Manual Handling Module		156
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training		156
ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures		157
ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities		157
ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction		158
ELEMENT 1.4 - Scope and main learning objective		158
ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing assessments (Participant performance assessment form)		159
ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation		160
ELEMENT 1.7 - Human factors		160
Lesson 2 - Legislation and behavioural safety		162
ELEMENT 2.1 - Global legislation		162
ELEMENT 2.2 - National legislation		163
ELEMENT 2.3 - Behavioural safety		163
Lesson 3 - Harness		164
ELEMENT 3.1 - Pre-use inspection		164
ELEMENT 3.2 - Fitting		166
ELEMENT 3.3 - Periodic inspections		166
ELEMENT 3.4 - Documentation		167
ELEMENT 3.5 - Maintenance		167
Lesson 4 - Fall prevention		168
ELEMENT 4.1 - Fall prevention over fall arrest		168
ELEMENT 4.2 - Pre-use inspection		169
ELEMENT 4.3 - Correct attachment to anchor points		170
ELEMENT 4.4 - Correct attachment to the harness		171
ELEMENT 4.5 - The importance of using work positioning		171
Lesson 5 - Vertical fall arrest systems		172
ELEMENT 5.1 - Legal requirements		172
ELEMENT 5.2 - Pre-use inspection		172
ELEMENT 5.3 - Correct attachment and detachment		174
ELEMENT 5.4 - Correct use		175
ELEMENT 5.5 - Periodic inspections		175
ELEMENT 5.6 - Correct documentation		176
Lesson 6 - Fall arrest lanyards		176
ELEMENT 6.1 - Legal requirements		176
ELEMENT 6.2 - Pre-use inspection		177
ELEMENT 6.3 - Correct attachment to harness		178
ELEMENT 6.4 - Fall factor		179
ELEMENT 6.5 - Fall indicators		180
ELEMENT 6.6 - Twin and single fall arrest lanyards		180
ELEMENT 6.7 - Approved anchor points for attachment		181
ELEMENT 6.8 - The importance of always using fall arrest systems		182
Lesson 7 - Dropped objects		182
ELEMENT 7.1 - Risks		182
ELEMENT 7.2 - Risk reduction		184
Lesson 8 - Self-retracting lifelines		186
ELEMENT 8.1 - Fall Protection Systems During Actual Work in a Wind Turbine		186
ELEMENT 8.2 - Different allowed maximum angles		187
ELEMENT 8.3 - How to attach correctly to the harness		188
ELEMENT 8.4 - Approved anchor points for SRL Fall Protection Systems		188
ELEMENT 8.5 - Pre-use inspection		189
Lesson 9 - Measures to prevent injury during training		190
ELEMENT 9.1 - Control measures and warm-up		190
Lesson 10 - Practical exercises		191
ELEMENT 10.1 - Vertical fall arrest systems		191
ELEMENT 10.2 - Fall prevention		192
ELEMENT 10.3 - Fall arrest lanyards		193
Lesson 11 - Injuries, sympotms and essential manual handling principles		193
ELEMENT 11.1 - How to avoid common musculoskeletal injuries in the wind industry		194
ELEMENT 11.2 - Typical symptoms of injuries		196
ELEMENT 11.3 - Essential manual handling principles		197
ELEMENT 11.4 - Basic dynamic risk assessment and introduction to TILE principle		199
Lesson 12 - Manual handling: risk controls & proper manual handling techniques		200
ELEMENT 12.1 - Working over shoulder height		201
ELEMENT 12.2 - Working while kneeling		202
ELEMENT 12.3 - Push and pull		203
ELEMENT 12.4 - Carrying		203
ELEMENT 12.5 - Lifting		204
ELEMENT 12.6 - Work with handheld tools		205
ELEMENT 12.7 - Awkward postures		207
Lesson 13 - Emergency procedures		208
ELEMENT 13.1 - Contents of an evacuation kit		208
ELEMENT 13.2 - Preparing equipment for use		209
ELEMENT 13.3 - Safe and correct evacuation		210
ELEMENT 13.4 - Safe behaviour		211
Lesson 14 - Workshop – risk/hazards & suspension trauma		212
ELEMENT 14.1 - Using the BST Working at Heights with manual handling course		212
ELEMENT 14.2 - Suspension Trauma		213
Lesson 15 - PPE review		214
ELEMENT 15.1 - The individual parts of the PPE equipment		214
Lesson 16 - Rescue devices and rigging setup		214
ELEMENT 16.1 - The individual parts of different rescue devices		214
ELEMENT 16.2 - Correct use of rescue devices & Slings		215
Lesson 17 - Rescue exercises		217
ELEMENT 17.1 - Rescue situations in wind turbine environment		217
ELEMENT 17.2 - Safe and correct rescue		217
ELEMENT 17.3 - Correct behaviour on the ladder with PPE		218
Lesson 18 - Training review		220
ELEMENT 18.1 - Training review		220
ELEMENT 18.2 - Feedback session		221
11.7 Participant performance assessment		221
12. BST Sea Survival Module		224
12.1 Aims and Objectives of the BST Sea Survival Module		224
12.2 Instructor Qualification Prerequisites		224
12.3 Duration of the Sea Survival Module		224
12.4 Instructor to Participant Ratio		225
12.5 Equipment for Sea Survival Module		225
12.6 BST Sea Survival Module Timetable		225
12.7 Detailed Description of the BST Sea Survival Module		227
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training		227
ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures		228
ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities		228
ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction		229
ELEMENT 1.4 - Scope and main learning objectives		229
ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing assessments (Participant performance assessment form)		230
ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation		230
ELEMENT 1.7 - Human factors		231
Lesson 2 - Safety culture and legacy		232
Lesson 3 - Cold water immersion		233
ELEMENT 3.1 - Exposure		233
ELEMENT 3.2 - Cold shock		234
ELEMENT 3.3 - Hypothermia		234
ELEMENT 3.4 - Drowning		235
ELEMENT 3.5 - Sea sickness		235
ELEMENT 3.6 - Contaminated water		236
Lesson 4 - Life saving appliance (LSA) and PPE		236
ELEMENT 4.1 - Personal LSA and PPE		236
ELEMENT 4.2 - Collective LSA		237
Lesson 5 - Search and rescue and global maritime distress & safety systems		238
ELEMENT 5.1 - SAR		238
ELEMENT 5.2 - GMDSS and transponders		238
ELEMENT 5.3 - Physical actions to enhance detection		239
Lesson 6 - Practical sea survival		240
ELEMENT 6.1 - Correct donning and use of LSA and PPE		240
ELEMENT 6.2 - Risks related to evacuation into water		241
ELEMENT 6.3 - Warm up		242
ELEMENT 6.4 - Controlled entry into the water from transition piece (TP) ladder		242
ELEMENT 6.5 - Individual and collective swimming techniques		243
ELEMENT 6.6 - Correct usage of life raft		244
ELEMENT 6.7 - Emergency descent by constant rate descender		245
ELEMENT 6.8 - Summary by exercise		246
Lesson 7 - Safe travel and transfer (theory)		247
ELEMENT 7.1 - Safety introduction on board transfer vessel		247
ELEMENT 7.2 - Hazards related to different types of transfers		248
ELEMENT 7.3 - Transfer vessels		248
ELEMENT 7.4 - Safe transfer from vessel to WTG (Theory)		249
ELEMENT 7.5 - Safe transfer from vessel to vessel and dock to vessel (Theory)		250
ELEMENT 7.6 - Safe handling of equipment and storage		250
Lesson 8 - Installations, vessels and WTGS		251
ELEMENT 8.1 - Safety on board		251
ELEMENT 8.2 - Man overboard procedures (MOB)		252
Lesson 9 - Transfer practical		252
ELEMENT 9.1 - Procedures for transfer between Crew Transfer vessel and wind turbine generator tranisiton piece		253
ELEMENT 9.2 - Safe transfer between crew transfer vessel and wind turbine generator transition piece		255
Lesson 10 - Training review		257
ELEMENT 10.1 - Training review		257
ELEMENT 10.2 - Feedback session		257
Annex 1 - Equipment list		260
Annex 2 - Guidline for warm-up exercises		267
Annex 3 - Manual handling risk assessment		274
Annex 4 - Version History		283

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